Storm History: Oakland County, Michigan
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Oakland County, Michigan: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 1,239
- Deaths
- 22
- Injuries
- 319
- Damage
- $702 million
- Episodes
- 588
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 544 | 0 | 6 | $34 million |
| Tornado | 231 | 5 | 87 | $67 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 201 | 1 | 7 | $7.8 million |
| Flash Flood | 78 | 1 | 0 | $405 million |
| High Wind | 37 | 1 | 4 | $58 million |
| Heavy Snow | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 21 | 1 | 0 | $6.0 million |
| Lightning | 18 | 1 | 2 | $2.1 million |
| Heat | 16 | 4 | 194 | |
| Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $536,000 |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 1 | 2 | $118 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 4 | 14 | $25,000 |
| Blizzard | 6 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 1 | 0 | $38,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 3 | $350,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | $950,000 |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lakeshore Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
The deadliest
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 1999
- Heat, June 28, 2002
- Ice Storm, April 3, 2003
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- Tornado, June 21, 1987
- Tornado, July 2, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 18, 1996
- Strong Wind, April 16, 2007
- Tornado, September 6, 1990
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Lightning, July 29, 1996
- Heat, August 6, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 2002
- High Wind, March 13, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Heat, July 4, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2014
- Ice Storm, April 3, 2003
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Hail, July 27, 2014
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Tornado, July 24, 2021
- Tornado, August 23, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2018
- Tornado, September 14, 1990
- High Wind, December 28, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- Hail, June 8, 2008
- Tornado, August 24, 2007
- Ice Storm, March 13, 1997
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2021
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 21, 2013
- Tornado, June 8, 1953
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 8, 1953
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, May 12, 1956
- Tornado, July 4, 1957
- Tornado, May 8, 1964
- Tornado, April 2, 1977
- Tornado, July 2, 1997
- Tornado, April 17, 1963
- Tornado, August 2, 1972
- Tornado, May 11, 1974
- Tornado, July 14, 1974
- Tornado, May 2, 1983
- Tornado, August 8, 1984
- Tornado, September 2, 1984
- Tornado, September 14, 1990
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 30, 2026
- Hail, June 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Heat, June 10, 2026
- Hail, May 19, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2026
- Hail, May 9, 2026
- Tornado, April 14, 2026
- Tornado, April 4, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Hail, February 18, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- High Wind, January 9, 2026
- High Wind, December 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2025
- Hail, June 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2025
- Tornado, May 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 25, 2025
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Hail, March 15, 2025
- Tornado, November 10, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2024
- Hail, June 19, 2024
- Tornado, June 5, 2024
- Hail, May 19, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2024
- Tornado, February 28, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Tornado, August 23, 2023
- Tornado, August 11, 2023
- Tornado, July 26, 2023
- Hail, July 20, 2023
- Tornado, July 14, 2023
- Hail, July 11, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2023
- Hail, April 5, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Hail, August 29, 2022
- Hail, August 3, 2022
- Tornado, July 11, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2022
- High Wind, December 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2021
- Tornado, October 3, 2021
- Hail, September 14, 2021
- Hail, September 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2021
- Tornado, July 24, 2021
- Hail, July 20, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2021
- Tornado, June 25, 2021
- Tornado, June 20, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2021
- Lightning, May 7, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2021
- Lakeshore Flood, November 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2020
- Hail, June 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2020
- Ice Storm, January 11, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 11, 2019
- Hail, September 13, 2019
- Hail, September 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2019
- Hail, July 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2019
- Hail, July 19, 2019
- Hail, July 2, 2019
- Hail, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, March 14, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2018
- Hail, July 16, 2018
- Heat, July 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2018
- Heat, June 30, 2018
- Hail, May 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 14, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 15, 2017
- Hail, September 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2017
- Hail, August 11, 2017
- Hail, August 3, 2017
- Hail, April 26, 2017
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2016
- Flood, August 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2015
- Hail, September 3, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2015
- Tornado, August 2, 2015
- Hail, May 27, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- High Wind, November 24, 2014
- Tornado, September 21, 2014
- Hail, September 5, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2014
- Hail, August 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2014
- Hail, August 2, 2014
- Hail, July 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2014
- Hail, June 18, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2014
- Hail, April 29, 2014
- High Wind, April 14, 2014
- Hail, April 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2014
- Ice Storm, December 21, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Hail, September 11, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2013
- Hail, July 23, 2013
- Hail, July 19, 2013
- Heat, July 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2013
- Hail, June 17, 2013
- Hail, June 12, 2013
- Hail, May 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2013
- Hail, April 18, 2013
- High Wind, January 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 26, 2012
- Hail, July 27, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Hail, July 3, 2012
- Hail, July 3, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 27, 2012
- High Wind, April 16, 2012
- Tornado, March 15, 2012
- High Wind, March 2, 2012
- Strong Wind, October 15, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2011
- Hail, August 24, 2011
- Tornado, August 20, 2011
- Hail, August 13, 2011
- Tornado, August 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Hail, July 2, 2011
- Lightning, June 29, 2011
- Flood, June 22, 2011
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Tornado, May 29, 2011
- Hail, May 23, 2011
- Hail, April 19, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, December 12, 2010
- Strong Wind, September 7, 2010
- Tornado, August 19, 2010
- Hail, August 15, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2010
- Hail, July 17, 2010
- Hail, July 15, 2010
- Heat, July 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2010
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Hail, May 7, 2010
- Hail, April 6, 2010
- Lightning, April 6, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- High Wind, October 7, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2009
- Hail, April 25, 2009
- Winter Storm, April 5, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2009
- High Wind, December 28, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2008
- Hail, October 26, 2008
- Flood, September 14, 2008
- Hail, August 9, 2008
- Hail, August 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2008
- Hail, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Hail, June 13, 2008
- Hail, June 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 2008
- Hail, April 11, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2008
- High Wind, January 30, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2008
- High Wind, December 23, 2007
- Blizzard, December 16, 2007
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Hail, August 29, 2007
- Tornado, August 24, 2007
- Tornado, August 23, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2007
- Hail, July 18, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Oakland CountyEvery warning in Oakland County since 1986Every county in Michigan
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.